Olivennes approached Bertier

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Spring 2017. "An email is sent to Denis Olivennes, then employed by Lagardère, it is signed Etienne Bertier, already lieutenant of Mister K. A breakfast will follow at the Bristol hotel. "Is Arnaud Lagardère willing to sell his media?" Bertier asks. Kretinsky is there, ready to study a buyout. Olivennes answers in the negative . "So are there newspapers for sale?" the two men ask again, not discouraged at all.


And like that, the subject of the weekly Marianne comes kuwait cell phone number list up on the table, that of Challenges too, but his boss will turn Kretinsky away. At the beginning of 2018, Arnaud Lagardère wanted to sell several radio stations in Eastern Europe. , and the deal was underway. This is how, according to Lefilliâtre, The Raid on French Newspapers began. The high point is of course the attempted acquisition of Le Monde.


The final chapter is devoted to it, and is called "The Break-In". The story is detailed and well-documented. We meet most of the decision-makers of the major daily (formerly known as the evening newspaper) up to the President of the Republic. Know, without spoiling this fascinating story because it puts the independence of a jewel of journalism at stake, that Mister K will ultimately be dismissed.